Adobe ColdFusion 8

Reverse

Description

Reverses the order of items, such as the characters in a string or the digits in a number.

Returns

A copy of string, with the characters in reverse order.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

Reverse(string)

See also

Left, Mid, Right

Parameters

Parameter

Description

string

A string or a variable that contains one

Usage

You can call this function on a number with code such as the following:

<cfoutput>reverse(6*2) equals #reverse(6*2)#<cfoutput>

This code outputs the following:

reverse(6*2) equals 21

Example

<h3>Reverse Example</h3> <p>Reverse returns your string with the positions of the characters reversed. <cfif IsDefined("FORM.myString")> <cfif FORM.myString is not ""> <p>Reverse returned: <cfoutput>#Reverse(FORM.myString)#</cfoutput> <cfelse> <p>Please enter a string to be reversed. </cfif> </cfif> <form action = "reverse.cfm"> <p>Enter a string to be reversed: <input type = "Text" name = "MyString"> <p><input type = "Submit" name = ""> </form>